Baja Marine 35 manual Introduction

1. This Manual

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The material within this manual and your Owner’s

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State Boating Offices

Manual Packet:

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Yacht Club

• Gives you basic safety information

Contact your dealer or the Boat/U.S. Foundation at

• Describes the features of your boat

1-800-336-2628

• Describes the equipment on your boat

Outside of North America, contact your boat dealer

• Describes the fundamentals of boat use

and/or your governmental boating agency for

assistance.

• Contains service and maintenance information

A book that provides a comprehensive background

You must learn to operate this boat as well as

in boating is Chapman Piloting, Seamanship

read, understand and use this manual.

and Small Boat Handling, by Elbert S. Maloney,

What this manual does not give you is a course in

published by Hearst Marine.

boating safety, or how to navigate, anchor, or dock

4. Dealer Responsibilities

your boat. Operating a power boat safely requires

more skills, knowledge, and awareness than is

In addition to a pre-delivery check and service of

necessary for a car or truck.

the boat, your dealer is to give you:

2. Your Responsibilities

• A description and demonstration of the safety

systems, features, instruments, and controls on your

For your safety, the safety of your passengers, other

boat

boaters, and people in the water, you must:

• An orientation in the general operation of your boat

• Take a boating safety course

• An “In Service Form” completed by you and the

• Get instruction in the safe and proper handling of

dealer after inspection of the boat

• A review of all warranty information and how to obtain

your boat

• Understand and follow the “Rules of the Road”

warranty service

• The complete Owner’s Manual Packet

• Learn how to navigate

If you do not receive all of these materials, or have

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Registration: In addition to the registration

any questions, contact your dealer or call:

requirements for your boat in the state where it is

1-865-971-6270.

used most frequently, many states require additional

registration when an out-of-state boat is used within

5. Warranties

their boundaries. Contact state boating authorities

or any marine dealer for registration requirements.

Each component and/or system on your boat has

3.

Sources of Information

its own warranty that will be found with the specific

In North America, contact one of the following for

information and manual for that component. These

are included with your Owner’s Manual Packet.

boating courses:

Locate and read the individual warranties; then put

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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

them together for easy future reference. The Baja®

warranty is on the warranty information card in your

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U.S. Power Squadron

packet and is repeated in this section.

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